Education Outreach

Educators are available for classroom instruction, after school events, and community events. Bluegrass Greensource works in partnership with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and schools throughout Fayette County to teach about waste reduction, energy conservation, and water quality.

Energy programs

Waste reduction programs

Water programs

Resources for your classroom and school:

Meet our educators:

Deb Larkin

Environmental Educator

Deborah Larkin joined Bluegrass Greensource in March, 2010, as an Environmental Educator. Deb holds a B.S. in Horticulture from the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Before coming to Greensource, she was the Horticulturist for the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, near Harrodsburg, KY. During her 27 year tenure there, she researched and re-established the 19th century apple orchard, herb garden and heirloom seed industry. Her current responsibilities at Bluegrass Greensource include serving as educator for the non-traditional schools in Fayette County, as liaison with Girl Scouts – Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Council, and as outreach educator for Clark, Boyle, Garrard and Lincoln counties.

Kara Sayles

Environmental educator/ Rain garden project coordinator

Kara Sayles is an environmental educator and rain garden project coordinator. Her background is in Environmental Science and she holds a B.A. with a focus on Ecological Design and Sustainable Agriculture from The Evergreen State College. Kara chose to become an environmental educator because some of her fondest childhood memories are from observing tadpole ponds near her home: “Seeing a small tadpole transform into an adult frog was not only amazing but it sparked this lifelong desire to learn about nature.”

Pattie Stivender

Education Director

Pattie Stivender is the Education Director working with pre K – 12 schools and also coordinates community outreach activities and volunteer opportunities. Pattie attended Eastern Kentucky University where she majored in Occupational Therapy. Pattie developed a passion for nurturing the environment as a young child watching television! The Crying Indian PSA developed by Keep America Beautiful opened her eyes to the negative impact that humans can have on the earth. Litter cleanups are some of her favorite activities. Contact Pattie with questions about environmental education in area schools, or to schedule an event in Fayette County.

Danny Wooulms

Environmental Educator

Danny Woolums serves Bluegrass Greensource as an Environmental Educator. Danny graduated from Transylvania University with a Bachelors degree in Philosophy, much to his mother’s dismay. Danny has served on Transylvania University’s President’s Council for Sustainability, the Transylvania University Garden Association Council, the Board of Directors for Bluegrass Greenworks, the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, and currently sits on the LFUCG Environmental Commission. He is a state certified Environmental Educator and facilitates workshops in 6 of the nation’s leading environmental education curriculum guides. In his spare time, you can probably find Danny in the middle of a board game or binge-watching something on Netflix.

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Are you interested in volunteering at our events? If so, join us for our Green Force 101 training, where we'll teach you the basics of recycling, water quality, and energy [...]

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Are you interested in volunteering at our events? If so, join us for our Green Force 101 training, where we'll teach you the basics of recycling, water quality, and energy conservation in the Bluegrass. After this training, you'll be ready to jump right into volunteering our education and outreach events all around Central Kentucky! Event is free to attend.

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Bluegrass Greensource

alaina@bggreensource.org

3860 HWY 127 S, Danville, KY 40422

Tue26Feb6:00 pm- 7:30 pmSeptic Care Workshop-Boyle County

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Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system
works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive
repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance:
information and applications [...]

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Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system
works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive
repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance:
information and applications will be provided at the meeting. Residents of Boyle and Lincoln counties who reside within the Clarks Run and Hanging Fork watersheds may be eligible for financial assistance for a septic pumpout, repair, or installation. Must attend workshop to be eligible.

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The season of love is almost upon us, so bring your partner, your friends, or just yourself and come learn a few self-love tricks from our friends over at E.C.Organics! [...]

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The season of love is almost upon us, so bring your partner, your friends, or just yourself and come learn a few self-love tricks from our friends over at E.C.Organics! They’ll be taking over to teach you about relaxation and other potential benefits of using CBD oil in your self-care routine. Come by and you’ll get to make a personal care product with your very own oil ($33 value!), you’ll relax with a short massage and a latte (both with CBD oil, of course!), and because this is a sip and salvage, your first beer is on us (if you’re 21+)! We’re going all out for this workshop–you do NOT want to miss this!

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Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance: information [...]

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Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance: information and applications will be provided at the meeting.

Residents of Bourbon, Montgomery, and Nicholas counties who reside within the Hinkston Creek watershed may be eligible for financial assistance for a septic pumpout, repair, or installation. Must attend workshop to be eligible.

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Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance: information [...]

Event Details

Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance: information and applications will be provided at the meeting.

Residents of Bourbon, Montgomery, and Nicholas counties who reside within the Hinkston Creek watershed may be eligible for financial assistance for a septic pumpout, repair, or installation. Must attend workshop to be eligible.

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Bluegrass Greensource

chris@bggreensource.org

9959 KY hwy 78, Hustonville, KY

Tue12Mar6:00 pm- 7:30 pmSeptic Care Workshop- Lincoln County

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Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system
works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive
repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance:
information and applications [...]

Event Details

Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system
works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive
repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance:
information and applications will be provided at the meeting. Residents of Boyle and Lincoln counties who reside within the Clarks Run and Hanging Fork watersheds may be eligible for financial assistance for a septic pumpout, repair, or installation. Must attend workshop to be eligible.
Workshop will be held in the Family Life Center.

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Bluegrass Greensource is teaming up with Seedleaf to teach you all about the ins and outs of vermicomposting from home. Join us for an interactive discussion on home scale [...]

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Bluegrass Greensource is teaming up with Seedleaf to teach you all about the ins and outs of vermicomposting from home. Join us for an interactive discussion on home scale composting with worms. Participants will build and take home a worm bin and all the live worms needed to get underway.

All skill levels are welcome, and children over age 4 tend to do great (with supervision from their guardians.)

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NEW AND IMPROVED: GreenFest is the one-stop shop to learn about and celebrate sustainable living in the Bluegrass! Attendees learn something new at workshops, enjoy food, shop amongst an array [...]

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NEW AND IMPROVED: GreenFest is the one-stop shop to learn about and celebrate sustainable living in the Bluegrass! Attendees learn something new at workshops, enjoy food, shop amongst an array of eco friendly vendors, & much more! This year, we are trying something new and bringing you a more conference-style event to learn about tons of different ways to live sustainably. (We’re keeping the food and vendors, though, don’t worry!)

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Bluegrass Community and Technical College

500 Newtown Pike Lexington, KY 40508

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Bluegrass Greensource

Info@bggreensource.org

June

Fri7Jun6:00 pm- 10:00 pmTacos N’ Tequila

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Tacos N’ Tequila is a fundraising event benefitting Bluegrass Greensource. This one night event unites some of Lexington’s best restaurants serving up their take on the taco, tequila, and live music [...]

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Tacos N’ Tequila is a fundraising event benefitting Bluegrass Greensource. This one night event unites some of Lexington’s best restaurants serving up their take on the taco, tequila, and live music all night long! This year’s TnT took place in Limestone Hall, where participants enjoyed fresh tacos and unique margaritas in this historic courthouse.

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Join the Bag Street Boys, a student group from Lexington's School for the Creative and Performing Arts, for a special workshop and learn how to turn single-use plastic grocery bags [...]

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Join the Bag Street Boys, a student group from Lexington's School for the Creative and Performing Arts, for a special workshop and learn how to turn single-use plastic grocery bags into an attractive, durable and reusable bag. Participants will receive instruction in how to make a bag and will make their own bag to take home. Sign up today -- this workshop is limited to 10 participants!

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Are you interested in volunteering at our events? If so, join us for our Green Force 101 training, where we'll teach you the basics of recycling, water quality, and energy [...]

Event Details

Are you interested in volunteering at our events? If so, join us for our Green Force 101 training, where we'll teach you the basics of recycling, water quality, and energy conservation in the Bluegrass. After this training, you'll be ready to jump right into volunteering our education and outreach events all around Central Kentucky! Event is free to attend.

Time

Location

Organizer

Bluegrass Greensource

alaina@bggreensource.org

3860 HWY 127 S, Danville, KY 40422

Tue26Feb6:00 pm- 7:30 pmSeptic Care Workshop-Boyle County

Event Details

Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system
works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive
repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance:
information and applications [...]

Event Details

Join us for a FREE workshop to learn how your septic system
works and how to properly maintain it to prevent expensive
repairs. You may qualify for septic financial assistance:
information and applications will be provided at the meeting. Residents of Boyle and Lincoln counties who reside within the Clarks Run and Hanging Fork watersheds may be eligible for financial assistance for a septic pumpout, repair, or installation. Must attend workshop to be eligible.

Organizer

Event Details

The season of love is almost upon us, so bring your partner, your friends, or just yourself and come learn a few self-love tricks from our friends over at E.C.Organics! [...]

more

Event Details

The season of love is almost upon us, so bring your partner, your friends, or just yourself and come learn a few self-love tricks from our friends over at E.C.Organics! They’ll be taking over to teach you about relaxation and other potential benefits of using CBD oil in your self-care routine. Come by and you’ll get to make a personal care product with your very own oil ($33 value!), you’ll relax with a short massage and a latte (both with CBD oil, of course!), and because this is a sip and salvage, your first beer is on us (if you’re 21+)! We’re going all out for this workshop–you do NOT want to miss this!